That’s wonderful! Whereabouts are you traveling, if you don’t mind me asking? I was mostly in the north around Trujillo, but I spent a couple weeks in Lima once, and a month in and around Cusco when I made the trek to Aguas Calientes, then Machu Picchu.
I’ve been itching to get back to Perú ever since!
A picture you can hear.
Ą̶̨̧̛̱̰͍͕̀̓̽̒͛͒̋̽̇̓͌̈̇͂̆̈́̀̓͌͒̚̕͘͘͘l̶͎͈̙͙͔̃̎̑͌̂͝l̷̢̹͙͇̟̖̼͈̫̗͇̤̻̼͈̫̣͉̥͖̇̔̍̂̀̍̄̆̒̒̐̽̃͂̀̆̌͐͘͘͘͜͠͝͝ ̵̡͎̥͌͛̾̍̋́̀̒͌̒̽̾̂̕͠g̵̛̞͛̿͛̊̌̀̄̍͌̈́̍̚͝l̶͇̙̇̚o̴̲̹̲͖͐͆̀̀̅̇̉͆̉̽́̒̉̇͠͝r̸̢̢̧̛̝͍̩̫̘̞̙̝̟̞̺̩͓̜̫͋̅̏͑͌̓̏͗̓͗͛̑̽̕̕̚y̸̨̪̘̍͐̍̔̄̈́̓͊̋̿̄̀̇̋́̒͒̊̀̿̇̋́̓̍͝ ̵̣͐̃̑̈́͐͆̓̅̈́̐͌̉͂̕͝ţ̴̫͇̦̺̪̪̳̖̯̓̈̈́̈́̇̂̓̕ô̴̢̦͎͙̩̮̩͈͙͍͈̯̞̹͇̪͖͈̪̋̂ ̶̗͕͎͎̹͔̼͈̹̓͑̉̀̾̀͆͘ţ̷̡̛̭̗̱̗̪̥̠̳̹̣͎̘̠̰̣̯̪͓̺͓́̂̿̀̉̉̓̑̉̏̅̈́̃̋̚͜͝ͅḩ̸̭̞̲̺̱͎̟͈͖̮͔̪̙̫̳̭̜̼͓͍̥͇̤́̀̉̂̓̿̐̊̿̾͛̐̇̀͂̒̈͐̽͜e̶̡̛̘̖̺̥̮̭͔̗̙̖͙͖͒̔̋̏̉̽̄͗̽̽́͗̊̅̉͛̓͐̈́̑́͘̚ ̶̡͎̗̭̰͎̥̫͉͙̱̼̗̥̦̏̅̉̎̑̏́̈́̈́̂̆͛͜͝͝͝ͅh̵̠͙̮̟̭̗̞̙͚͉̰͆̂̌̊̂̈́̃̂̇̓̓̋̐̉͐͠͠ý̷̛͖̖̦̪̞̣̺̂͜p̷̡͓̊̊͊̇̆́͋́͊̃̓͛̃̒̉̿̈̓̓̇̕͠͝ņ̶̬̣̭̙̥̹̓͐͒̾̽̂̈́̒̈́̐̌̌̀̆̄̈̀̊̊̕͝͠͝͝o̴͙̬͔̭̝̫̯̖̹̘̱̭͔̪͍̥̜͌̑̒̓̔̾̓͋̅̔̎͂̍̕͜͝͝͠ͅt̸̨̧̛̜̬̠̬̘̮͔̙̙̙̤͎̮̟͎̝͇̖̞̀́̂̆̽͊̈́̋͆ͅo̸̡̢͖̱̦̳͉̱͌̀́̈̋̀͠ͅa̸̧̧͖͖͕̼͇̪̠̦̻͕̹͚̘̓̈́̐͛̐̾͊̆̄͐̓͑͛͒͒̚͘͜͜͠ͅͅͅͅd̴̢̛̞͉͙͋̄͗̉̂̆͌̿̈́̂̀̒̈́̄̃͝͝
So then I said 'see you at the fight!' and that's the story
A GIF you can hear in your head.
A͝L̸̴̴̨̨̨͚̝̜̼̖̺̗̞̼̯͊̈́́͗̋̉ͥ̃̿ͩ̐̍̄̕͘͠L̴̸̵̢̢̧͈͕̻͉̰͕̲͓̣̦͕͇̉͒̑ͯ̈́́̒ͫ̄̆ͪͮ̍ͧ̃̌͒ͯ́ͦ̔́ͣ̈́̕͠͝͠ͅ G̡̱̟̊͡Ļ̸̴̢͙͔̳̭̦̭̻̻̞͈̜̳̔́̓͊̀ͨ̎̊͋̃ͩͭ͑̕͘̚͢͜͟͜͡͠Ǫ̶͕̗̘̝̳͎͙̣̖ͬͫ̒ͤ̏̈͐̆̕͘͜͠Ṙ̬͉̜ͦ̇_̛̳̖̦̫̗̞̪̣̤̟̓̊̿͆̏̀̎̋̌̎̄͊̎ͩ͌̂̚͜͡͝Y̼̑ͦͭ͆͆͜_͌ͭ̂ T̟͇̖ͨͫ̑ͣͩ́̑̆_̴̨̯͔̮̼͉̜̂ͧ̾͂ͦ̀͛Ǫ̡̗̻̥͚̺͇͔̓͋̃̀̉͒̄̀̃̚͟͢͢ T̶̸̢̨̛̗͙̝̼͓͖̦̘̂͒͌͒́ͦ̊ͮ̿̌̋̏̓́̕̕̚͠͝ͅH̢̱ͪͭĘ̶̨̛̮̝̖͕͍͖̻͉͎̼͈ͮ͗͗ͨͤ́͊̎̏͆ͣ͋́͊͐̎̂ͬͬ̇͌̒͘͘͢͝͡ H̵̸̛̯̜̹͔͖̬̥͍̻̦̊͋̌ͦ͒͛̾̈̎͛̎͋̑̈ͮ̍ͯ̓̽͑̓̾͜͢͞_̘͆̇̀͋Ý̨̡̛͈̞̗̘͖̟͓̤̜̤̱̹͍̙̦̐̌̌̅ͯ̀̋͊ͫ̉ͯ͂͊̽̋ͧ̊ͩͨ́̿̄ͦ̂͂̚̚͞P̶̶̶̸̛̞̼̣̬͍̩̼̲̞̰̬͒͊̈́̈́̆ͮͩ͠N̩ͤ̈͘O̵̧̡͈͈̣͇͙̤̭͉̥̞͕͌̃̽̾ͬ̑̈̑̔̅̂͗̚̕͜͟͠͡͡T̷̷͕͚͓̰̞̹̹̾̀̆ͨ̾ͮͧ́̄͜ͅỌ̸͕͙̰͎̠̭͚̙̬̻̪̬͐ͪ̒̉̔ͫͩ̋̑͆̅ͣ̆͆ͫ̇̋ͭ͒̐̉̽͆̚͜͜͢͝ͅẠ̷̸̡̢̛̙͖͇͔͙̬̘̥̪̗͔̔͋ͯ͑ͣ͊̒ͤͧͩ͆ͭ͘̚͘͟͡ͅ_̞̗͈̖ͮĎ̨͍͔͕̲͕̬̮͉̻̲̗̩ͤ͐ͤ̇͌͗̆ͥ͑ͥ̌͊͆͘͘͟͡
The cartoon necromancers are at it again
This is a great tip!
I’ve never dealt with it on my own home, fortunately, but I used to work in real estate purchase/sale/title litigation and the amount of fly-by-night “inspectors” that would plague my clients with this garbage is truly shocking. I always recommend that home buyers hire a structural engineer, a plumber, and an electrician, plus other experts on a case-by-case basis, not a home inspector (or other types of rando inspectors), for their pre-purchase due diligence. Yes, it is absolutely more expensive up front than a home inspector, but it’s also WAY cheaper than buying a house with serious, possibly irreparable, structural issues that you don’t find out about until 2 years after closing.
The worst, though, were the tree removal “experts.” A huge number of them didn’t seem to care whether the house was still standing after they removed the tree that fell on it, and I ran across more than a few that had some truly questionable billing practices, if not outright fraudulent. I’m sure there are plenty of good ones out there, but boy it didn’t feel like it.
Good on you, OP, for doing the right thing for you and your home! I hope you have many happy and structurally sound years in it!
✨️Magic✨️ Cheeto Dust
